Yes, Israel’s our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.
BRENT SCOWCROFTI think America has to do more than be a broker now. Because both the Palestinians are weak and Israel is very weak.
More Brent Scowcroft Quotes
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Information technology has politicized the world’s population.
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Russia right now is searching for its soul. It’s trying to figure out what it really is.
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Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.
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It is beyond dispute that Saddam Hussein is a menace.
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Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn’t share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they’ve gone back and forth.
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After all, we didn’t bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
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But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don’t agree with that, because I don’t think we’re capable of doing that.
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Saddam’s ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.
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If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they’re nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it’s dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.
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If Iraq were to descend into chaos, the Europeans would feel the effects just as much as we would.
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America wants to work with friends, with allies, with people of good will, to make this a better world.
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The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security.
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I’m afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.
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Democracy doesn’t just consist of holding elections.
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